Buenos Aires : Editorial Claridad, [193-?]. 15pp. More

Paris: En vente chez tous les libraires, [1907-1911]. The quite rare first edition of this gay erotic novel, bound with Ludovic ou Le Prédestiné à la Pédérastie, published by Elias Gaucher between 1907 et 1911.Perceau 296; Pia Enfer, 604; Dutel 398. Very good in original wrappers. Rare. More

Paris: Jules Gay (1861). 78pp. The first appearance in French of this disquisition on the authorship and history of infamous pederastic treatise, Alcibiade fanciullo a scola. The publisher, Jules Gay, issued the rare text in Italian and in French several years later and was condemned for the book in 1868. The present edition was translated by M. Gustav Brunet, who has added a "postface" and notes containing a vast amount of material on the subject of pederasty and sodomy. Ashbee (Index) 29. Not listed in Pia. One of 254 numbered copies (#7). Uncommon. A good copy in contemporary 1/2 leather boards with decorative spine and marbled endpapers, front and rear hinges cracked, small portion of lower spine missing. Rare. More

Paris: Librairie Artistique. Soft cover. Very good in illustrated wrappers. More

NP: ND (1931). This important and explicit gay novel about the love between two men appeared anonymously in 1931 in a small edition of only 90 numbered copies (this is #27). The author, a close friend of André Gide, lived in Carcasonne for most of his life and published several other books of poetry, but this work is his rarest and most explicit. Published by the famed publisher of erotic texts, René Bonnel, and with an explicit engraved frontispiece by the Catalan artist Pere Créixams, the work has been described as one of the great treasures of erotic literature. Quite rare, with the original erotic frontispiece laid in. A near fine copy in green wrappers. Pia 1283. More

[San Francisco, California] : Gay Parisian Press [1971]. 173pp. A very good copy in original wrappers. More

Paris: L'Astrée (1956). Story of the seduction of a young acolyte by a priest, originally published in 1878. Very good in original wrappers. One of 990 numbered copies, this example appears to be an hors commerce copy. More

London: John Watkins (1941). 360pp. A collection of mystical poetry, much of it clearly homosexual in tone, written by a Cambridge scholar who migrated to India and lived much of his adult life in an ashram. Very good in cream boards, light wear to edges. Quite uncommon. More

Paris: La Renaissance du livre [1929]. 173pp. A collection of short prose works by the author of the highly regarded gay novel, Platoniquement, with a preface by Maurice Rostand. The author (1898-1927) was one of the principal collaborators with Fersen in his review Akademos and also the short-lived review Inversions. His legacy is maintained today by an association of the friends of Axieros, who publish a gay cultural magazine, Inverses: littératures, arts, homosexualités. Good in rather worn paper boards, occasional light spotting, one endpaper neatly excised. Quite uncommon. More

Bergamo: Lubrina (1997). 295pp. The first Italian translation of this gay classic, originally published in Danish in 1904 and later adapted to film and the stage. Much admired by Thomas Mann and Alfred Hitchcock the 1924 film is considered an important early work in gay silent cinema. Brilliantly illustrated by Mirando Haz, this is one of 200 special signed and numbered copies with an original signed etching by the illustrator. Near fine in paper slipcase. More

Hermitage (1992). Soft cover. One of fifty numbered copies. Very good in illustrated wrappers. More

Paris: Editions du monde moderne (1926). 135pp. An uncommon lesbian novel, illustrated throughout by Jany Berlandina. Good in rather worn boards, ex-library with multiple stamps and a curious penned notation on endpaper: "livre achete par la commission le 13 decembre 1927." Uncommon. More